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Big Event of Cold War

By Cunxin Cheng
  • The Iron Curtain Speech

    The Iron Curtain Speech

    The British Premier Winston Churchill made the speech about thearties from the Soviet Union. And the Iron Curtain Speech became the sign of Cold War.
  • Truman's Doctrine

    Truman's Doctrine

    The U.S. President Harry S. Truman published the foreign policy to contain Soviet threats in Turkey and Greece, in order to save the Eastern Europe countries from the control of the Soviet's.
  • The Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan

    It was the economic supports program for Western Europe's recovery. The U.S. gave 12 billion dollars to support Western Europe.
  • Berlin Blockage

    Berlin Blockage

    It was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked the western of Berlin
  • NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

    NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

    This is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty, founded by U.S., France and Britain.
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    Korean War

    The U.S. aided the South of Korea, while China from the Soviet Union aided the North of Korea.
  • The Warsaw Treaty Organization

    The Warsaw Treaty Organization

    The Warsaw Pact was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO, and was a collective defense treaty among the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe
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    Vietnam War

    It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. And it is the part of Cold War, because the main conflict in this war was between the communism and capitalism.
  • The Suez Crisis

    The Suez Crisis

    After the fighting had started, political pressure from the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations led to a withdrawal by the three invaders
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis
  • Eisenhower Doctrine

    Eisenhower Doctrine

    It was the U.S. foreign policy after WWII that President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed to give Europe economic aid for repairing after WWII, and also for expanding the American influences in Europe.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    It lasted 13 days, which was the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union developed its forces in Cuba, where is super close to the land of U.S.
  • A Strategy of Peace

    A Strategy of Peace

    U.S. President JFK did the American University Speech, A Strategy of Peace, "laid out a hope" for Americans who already suffered the pains from Cold War for a long time.
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    Soviet–Afghan War

    The Soviet–Afghan War was American soldiers fought against the Soviet Army and allied forces in Afghan.
  • Attack of Korean Air Lines Flight 007

    Attack of Korean Air Lines Flight 007

    The Soviet Union initially denied knowledge of the incident,[2] but later admitted shooting down the aircraft, claiming that it was on a MASINT spy mission.[
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007
  • End of the Cold War

    End of the Cold War

    The Cold War was ended by the collapse of the Soviet Union. And The Soviet Union's President Mikhail Gorbachev met up George H.W. Bus